Campaign reminds people of important changes to the Highway Code. relaunch of the Travel Like You Know Them campaign to help keep everyone safe on the road.
The global refugee population is more than 26 million people, according to some estimates. Such largescale movements of people affect many countries and have created significant interest among business and management researchers in recent years as companies try to work out how to successfully integrate refugees into their workforces.
If we have not been warned of the dangers of climate change this summer, we never will be. Extreme heat, forest fires and floods have been all over news reports.
Ever since the industrial revolution, people have feared that technology would take away their jobs. While some jobs and tasks have indeed been replaced by machines, others have emerged.
Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden has unveiled the National Risk Register. Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden announces new National Risk Register to help UK prepare for risks like energy security.
Energy Security Secretary Grant Shapps announces £22 million uplift for flagship scheme. £22 million boost for government's flagship renewables scheme, making available contracts for renewable power generation potentially worth billions of pounds in total over the scheme’s lifetime.
ACE worked with kidney doctors to develop a method to detect acute kidney injury. Kidneys are critical to staying alive.
ScotRail is urging customers to plan their journey, and to expect some services to be busier than normal, as a number of high-profile events take place across the country over the weekend. The 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships, the Edinburgh Festivals, and the Scottish rugby team's match against France are all taking place during a busy few days.
A community project to support local business on the Isle of Mull in Argyll has secured up to £250,000 from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). The Mull and Iona Community Trust (MICT) is leading the £999.908 project, which is also being supported by the Scottish Government Regeneration Capital Grants Fund, administered by Argyll and Bute Council.
A new Nuclear Skills Taskforce will ensure the UK's defence and civil nuclear sectors have the right people with the right skills to seize growth opportunities. New Nuclear Skills Taskforce to turbo charge skills activity in nuclear sector.
New Geospatial Commission report identifies opportunities to unlock greater value across the property ecosystem through location data, technologies and services. New report identifies significant opportunity for the property industry to embrace emerging technologies and digital tools enabled by location data.
Owners of short-term let properties are being urged to apply for a licence under Scotland's short-term licensing scheme before the 1 October 2023 deadline. Short-term let hosts must apply for a licence with their relevant local authority before the deadline.
Thailand's state energy company, PTTEP, has joined the Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP) collaborative project which is intended to prove the concept of powering subsea equipment with wave power and intelligent subsea energy storage. The £2million demonstrator initiative, which has taken to the seas in the north of Scotland, has connected the Blue X wave energy converter - built by Edinburgh company Mocean Energy - with a Halo underwater battery developed by Aberdeen intelligent energy management specialists Verlume.
Many retailers are facing up to the cost of living stresses with price cuts for customers and pay rises for staff. Here are a few well known names across the UK taking action.
U3583 Loch Street, Wick on 21 August 2023 - The road closure is necessary to allow Scottish Water to performs work on the water main. The road may be closed until 21 September 2023..
Orkney has become the first location in the UK to have mail delivered by drone. Royal Mail and Skyports Drone Services have launched the Orkney I-Port operation to distribute letters and parcels between the islands, in partnership with Orkney Council Harbour Authority and LoganAir.
June's retail sales figures were up, but online fashion sales tumbled -5.9% and High Street fashion fell -0.4%. ParcelHero says stricter returns policies may be having an impact - but shoppers may also be keeping their hands in their cargo pants’ large pockets because this summer’s fashions failed to excite them.
New phone service will help people make the first call the right call for community health and social care assistance in Caithness. People in Caithness will be able to access all community-based health and social care services using a single dedicated phone number from next week.
Over 38,000 UK pubs and bars have seen a tax cut on the pints they pull from today (1 August 2023) as the government's historic alcohol duty changes take effect. tax paid on pints and other drinks on tap in over 38,000 UK pubs is now up to 11p cheaper than their supermarket equivalents the new Brexit Pubs Guarantee will keep it this way for good alcohol duty now simplified so drinks are taxed by strength, lowering duty on supermarket shelves for many UK favourites including bottles of pale ale, pre-mixed gin and tonic, and prosecco The duty paid on drinks on tap in pubs will be up to 11p lower than at the supermarket.
In Q2 2023, the overall GB vacancy rate increased to 13.9%, which was a 0.1 percentage point worse than Q1. It was a 0.1 percentage point better than the same period last year.
